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URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/literacy-instruction-in-multilingual-con
 texts-of-uganda-sociolinguistic-realities/
SUMMARY:Literacy Instruction in Multilingual Contexts of Uganda: Sociolingu
 istic realities
DESCRIPTION:Monday 14 March 12:30 until 13:45\nOnline : Zoom: https://unive
 rsityofsussex.zoom.us/j/97335918649 or Fulton Room 103\nSpeaker: Dr Robina
 h Kyeyune Materials Development Manager\, the Education Development Center
  funded by USAID\nPart of the series: CIE Research Cafés Spring Term 2022
 \nThis presentation reports lessons learned from implementing a reading in
 struction program in a multilingual context. Its overall objective is to a
 lert researchers and practitioners to the challenges of balancing the dema
 nds of playing technical expert while remaining a curious but sensitive re
 searcher. \nWhile documented research abundantly illustrates the critical
  place of mother-tongue in early grade reading instruction\, implementatio
 n of the USAID/Uganda School Health and Reading Program provides evidence 
 of the equally critical value of the sociolinguistic realities of implemen
 tation. From an active participant position\, the program team shared the 
 knower and doer roles with beneficiaries to ensure not only impact of RTI
 ’s early grade reading methodology but also appropriateness of the mater
 ials. The team has evidence that providing quality reading instruction is 
 a daunting task\, not least because the scope of demands reaches far beyon
 d mother-tongue to include critical systemic and social issues. Developing
  early grade reading materials in 12\, out of 63\, local languages and Eng
 lish meant working with curriculum development authorities\, language boar
 ds and speech communities\, ministry departments and teachers’ colleges 
 to ensure that the scope and sequence not only started from collectively v
 alidated orthographies but also matched the existing curriculum. This appr
 oach promises payoffs of ownership by both government and community entiti
 es\, and a reasonable level of sustainability. Yet it has presented challe
 nges of additional identities: arbitrator of disputes between speakers of 
 dialects and area languages and leader for establishing authoritative stru
 ctures on languages issues.  \nThe presentation will thus demonstrate tha
 t reading instruction is about more than pedagogical expertise\; it involv
 es cultural sensitivities and ethical values.
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